When I was in high school, I remember eagerly joining a lot of clubs with a great deal of ambition and excitement. It ended up being a costly mistake: I wanted to be an active member of all of the clubs I joined, but I didn’t want it to affect my academic performance. As a result, I had to ditch a lot of the clubs. Coming into Baruch, I didn’t want to make the same mistake. I wanted to join a few clubs that I genuinely found interesting, and I wanted to stick to them. I first found out about the Finance and Economics Society through their Facebook page. I’m not entirely sure about what I want to do in the future, but I found finance and economics interesting enough to want to join a club dedicated to it. I begged a friend from my high school to come with me, and he eventually agreed.
The meeting itself started promptly during club hours. My friend and I walked in reluctantly: the room was already full of people, many of whom were dressed in business professional. Eventually, we settled in. The pizza was served and the presentation started. Most of the presentation talked about what the club itself does every week. Then, the speakers talked about two programs FES offered, the analyst program and the mentorship program. I was immediately interested in the mentorship program, as I thought it would be very helpful to have a mentor teach me about the field of finance, something I knew nothing about. I left the presentation eager to apply.